Call of Duty: Black Ops 2010

About

Call of Duty: Black Ops came out on November 9, 2010 for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, then for Mac on September 27, 2012 and for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 on July 9, 2026. On Steam, 91% of 22,379 player reviews are positive (Very Positive). 352 people are playing it on Steam right now, with a peak of 580 in the last 30 days. It is Playable on Steam Deck. The main story takes about 10 hours, doing everything about 48 hours. It won the British Academy Games Award for GAME Award.

Call of Duty: Black Ops is the seventh main Call of Duty game and the sequel to Call of Duty: World at War. The game differs from most previous installments, which would involve a usual three-country campaign, while Call of Duty: Black Ops features two playable countries (Russia and the USA) but only has an American campaign. Several new features are also introduced, such as dive-to-prone and the available use of a flashlight on certain weapons. Furthermore, the campaign's playable characters now speak while being controlled by the player. Extra game included within: + Zork (Apple II)

Story

Black Ops takes place between 1961 and 1968 during the Cold War, 16 years after the events of World at War. It portrays a secret history of CIA clandestine black operations carried out behind enemy lines. Much of the campaign is told through the eyes of SOG and CIA operative Alex Mason, primarily through flashbacks. Mason awakens strapped to a chair in a room filled with monitors, bombarded with questions by two unknown interrogators about a numbers broadcast. Mason then recalls several events from the past in an attempt to answer their questions, setting up the missions of the game.

What is happening now

Call of Duty: Black Ops, the 2010 first-person shooter that launched across PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC, remains a significant entry in the franchise's history. The game has recently seen renewed attention following PlayStation re-releases on PS4 and PS5, which have generated mixed reactions from the community. The new ports have proven problematic on arrival, with widespread reports of hackers and exploiters dominating multiplayer lobbies and leveraging XP exploits to render matches effectively unplayable. Activision has acknowledged the issue and moved to address the cheating problem. Meanwhile, the re-releases have omitted certain features from the original versions, and questions have emerged about the quality of the ports relative to their predecessors. Despite these problems, the games have maintained strong player interest, appearing in PlayStation's top 10 titles. Separately, dataminers have uncovered previously cut Zombies content from the original game over 15 years after release, while Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 continues receiving updates, with a long-requested patch arriving in July.